Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-10

If the bosses of the wheat corner were sen- sitive men their feelings would be hurt by what is said about them. But they are not. and they go on relentlessly hurting the sensi tive feelings of the ''shorts.'
 It is not encouraging that our exports to Mexico are decreasing. In 1885 they amount ed in value to $1, ,099, ,496; in 1886 to only $740, ,099. There was a slight gain in 1886 by our exportations of lumber, of four, of pe- troleum and railroad cars, but decrease in the exports of agricultural implements, cot ton manufactures aud agricultural products. We ought to be able to trade with Mexico if we can't with South America.
 The hearing before the Board of Finance last evening was very interesting. President Clark's remarks made the situation consider ably clearer. His suggestion that there be 8 conference between representatives of the city, the Derby railroad and the Consolidated road is in the right line. Such conference would make the matter much better under stood than it has been, and furnish basis for intelligent action. The stockholders of the Derby will be pleased with President Clarks estimate of the value of their stock. A radical civil service reform bill has been introduced in the Rhode Island legisla- ture. One of it's provisions is that after the first day of July, 1888, all judicial and civil officers, other than judges of the Supreme court, who shall at that time have been, or
 shall thereafter be, appointed by the govern or or elected by the general assembly, and all civic and other officers appointed by mayors
 of cities or elected by boards of aldermen or city or town councils, shall hold their re-
 spective offices until they die, resign or be | removed for just cause by the appointing or electing power, which cause shall always be fully expressed in the order or resolution of removal.
 A big national debt has been called blessing. If it is Great Britain ought to be l happy. The national debt of that country 1 is $3, Fl, ,261 ,47O, and it's population about 35, ,OOO, 900. Ours is considerably less than
 one-third, while our population is nearly double Great Britain has to raise more than hundred millions by national taxation in | excess of the United States, no part of which goes to the reduction of it's great debt, while | in our case hundred millions annually goes to the payment of our debt. Relatively speaking the burdens cf taxation are four | times as great in Great Britain in the
 United States, and this dispropertion will in-
 crease more rapidly in the future.
 Rhode Island is 8 small State, but there is
 more in it than is generally known. At
 meeting of the Providence board of trade on
 Tuesday evening interesting discussion
 took place on the subject of establishing
 blast furnaces to be run by Rhode Island
 coal for the purpose of developing the iron | ore of the State. MT. W. P. Durfee spoke of the enormous deposit of magnetic iron ore in
 the town of Cumberland suitable for making
 the best Bessemer steel. Enough is lying
 easy of access without hoisting or pumping
 to supply smelling furnace of the largest
 size for century, while the quantity below ground is incslculable. Statements almost as remarkable were made in relation to the